President Bush has spent 5 years compromising, negotiating, consulting and generally appeasing Democrats in Congress. Now he gets into a fight with his own base and all of a sudden he has a backbone?
Mr. President, why can you make your stand WITH us, instead of AGAINST us? What happened to "A uniter, not a divider"? If Miers withdraws and Janice Rogers Brown is nominated, you'll have a united party at your back for the rest of your term.
Or, you can drive over us, welch on your promises, get your friend on the Court, and become a lame duck with 3 years to go. You cannot DO THIS to your base and expect future support. Those Democrats in the Senate who you hope to appease are laughing their asses off watching you destroy yourself.
Tragic, really.
Posted by Kevin Murphy at October 13, 2005 04:17 PM